Description : Minute, circular discs floating in the blood, which carry oxygen to the tissues, and carbon dioxide away from them, are called (a) White blood corpuscles (WBC) (b) Red blood corpuscles (RBC) (c) Monophylls (d) Erythrocytes
Last Answer : Ans:(b)
Description : Dough kept overnight in warm weather becomes soft and spongy because of (a) absorption of carbon dioxide from atmosphere (b) fermentation (c) cohesion (d) osmosis.
Last Answer : (b) fermentation
Description : Upon the entry of carbon dioxide in the red blood cells, H+ionsare formed at a very rapid rate, and yet the blood does not turn acid because (a) H+ ions are rapidly exchanged at the ... haemoglobin and plasma (d) H+ ions are buffered by proteins of haemoglobin and proteins and phosphates of plasma
Last Answer : Ans:(c)
Description : Downward movement of nutrients and salts from the root zone with the water
Last Answer : Ans.Leaching
Description : What are the functions and adaptions of the following;a. Palisade cellb. Spongy mesophyll cellc. Sperm and egg celld. Ciliated cellse. Root hair cellf. Red and white blood cells?
Last Answer : common unvalidated interventions
Description : How is the movement of oxygen different from the movement of carbon dioxide in the body?
Last Answer : because your mind is not working
Description : Which of the following complications of TPN are appropriately managed with the listed treatment? a. Air embolism-place patient in reverse Trendelenburg and the left lateral decubitus position ... dioxide retention-decrease glucose calories and replace with fat d. Line sepsis-intravenous antibiotics
Last Answer : Answer: b, c A number of complications of TPN can occur which can be divided into three types: mechanical, metabolic, and infectious
Description : Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning carbon dioxide kinetics? a. The amount of carbon dioxide produced is equivalent to the amount of oxygen consumed b. Carbon dioxide levels ... tissues d. The amount of carbon dioxide excreted is a function of ventilation of perfused alveoli
Last Answer : Answer: a, c, d The total amount of carbon dioxide produced by systemic metabolism is roughly equivalent to the amount of oxygen consumed (100-120 cc/m2/min, 200 cc/min in a typical ... carbon dioxide excreted is a function of ventilation of perfused alveoli (i.e. the alveolar ventilation/min).
Description : The source of oxygen generated during photosynthesis is: (1) water (2) carbon dioxide (3) chlorophyll (4) mesophyll cells
Last Answer : (1) water Explanation: The source of oxygen produced during photosynthesis is the splitting of water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen. Photosynthesis uses carbon dioxide and water, releasing ... inside organelles called chloroplasts, while in bacteria they are embedded in the plasma membrane.
Description : The source of oxygen generated during photosynthesis is : (1) water (2) carbon dioxide (3) chlorophyll (4) mesophyll cells
Last Answer : water
Description : In plants water is absorbed by the root hairs by a process called: (1) Transpiration (2) Respiration (3) Perspiration (4) Osmosis
Last Answer : (4) Osmosis Explanation: Plants absorb water from their root hairs on the root via osmosis. It is then transported to other parts of the plant. (through the network of xylem vessels) through a combination of capillary action and "transiprational pull".
Last Answer : Osmosis
Description : Absorption with chemical reaction' is involved in the removal of (A) Carbon dioxide from gaseous stream using alkaline solution (B) Benzol from coke oven gas using solar oil/wash oil (C) Ammonia ... gas using refrigerated water (D) Tar from coke oven gas in primary gas coolers using chilled water
Last Answer : (A) Carbon dioxide from gaseous stream using alkaline solution
Description : When Carbon monoxide reduces the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen this can lead to brain damage which 3 systems of the body interact in this situation?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : What moves the oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from cells?
Last Answer : The blood.
Description : What are the two organ system involved in providing oxygen to cells and removing carbon dioxide from cells?
Last Answer : Feel Free to Answer
Description : Oxygen comes from the environment and carbon dioxide in the end returns to the environment. How do small animals solve the problem of taking away and bringing these molecules from/to their cells? Why isn't that solution possible for larger animals?
Last Answer : Small animals whose tissues make direct contact or are very close to the environment, like cnidarians and poriferans, make gas exchange by diffusion. Larger animals with cells without direct ... the circulatory systems play this role. Breathing Process Review - Image Diversity: respiratory system
Description : A waste product in the metabolism of glucose in cells is: w) oxygen x) methane y) carbon dioxide z) urea
Last Answer : ANSWER: C -- CARBON DIOXIDE
Description : The movement of water, from one cell of cortex to adjacent one in roots, is due to (a) accumulation of inorganic salts in the cells (b) accumulation of organic compounds in the cells (c) water potential gradient (d) chemical potential gradient.
Last Answer : (c) water potential gradient
Description : An alkaline solution is used to reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide in a stream from 10% to 0.1% by absorption with irreversible chemical reaction. The overall number of transfer units based on gas phase is: (A) 9.21 (B) 4.605 (C) 100 (D) 0.001
Last Answer : (B) 4.605
Description : The exchange of gases takes place in the leaves through these pores for the purpose of photosynthesis. These pores are called – (1) Guard Cells (2) Stomata (3) Chloroplast (4) None of the above
Last Answer : (2) Stomata Explanation: Stomata are tiny pores present on the surface of the leaves via which exchange of gases takes place in the leaves for the purpose of photosynthesis. However, exchange of gases also occurs across the surface of stems, roots and leaves as well.
Description : (a) Draw a schematic representation of transport and exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide during transportation of blood in human beings and label on it: Lung capillaries, Pulmonary artery to ... the advantage of separate channels in mammals and birds for oxygenated and deoxygenated blood? -Biology
Last Answer : (a) A schematic representation of transportation and exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide during transportation of blood in human beings (b) It is necessary to separate oxygenated and deoxygenated ... . The separation of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood provides high oxygen supply to the organs.
Description : The chemoreceptors that participate in the ventilation control are structures that collect information about the acidity and alkalinity of the blood. The information is then transmitted by nervous ... by receptors that receive pH information from the cerebrospinal fluid.) The Circulatory System
Last Answer : What is circulation?
Description : Describe the transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood?
Last Answer : Transport of oxygen: - Oxygen is transported in two ways: - i) Through plasma only small amount of oxygen is dissolved in hemoglobin. ii) Through hemoglobin 20 ml oxygen is transported in ... form carbamino compound. iii) 6% of carbon dioxide is simply dissolved in the blood.
Description : Carbon dioxide in blood: a. is more soluble than oxygen b. is carried in combination with plasma c. carries mainly as bicarbonate ions d. all
Last Answer : all
Description : Cerebral blood flow is increase in: a. chronic anaemia b. inhalation of 5% carbon dioxide c. seizures d. inhalation of hyperbaric oxygen
Last Answer : chronic anaemia
Description : The partial pressure of oxygen in the alveoli of the lungs is (a) equal to that in the blood (b) more than that in the blood (c) less than that in the blood (d) less than that of carbon dioxide.
Last Answer : (b) more than that in the blood
Description : Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas for one of the following reasons. w) it is a powerful acid anhydride x) it combines with the hemoglobin of the blood y) it depletes the dissolved oxygen in the blood by forming carbon dioxide z) it is a strong oxidizing agent
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- IT COMBINES WITH THE HEMOGLOBIN OF THE BLOOD
Description : The function of the heart is to (1) Supply oxygen to the tissues (2) carry carbon dioxide from the tissues (3) throw away waste materials (4) pump blood to different parts of the body
Last Answer : pump blood to different parts of the body
Description : The loss of water (contains salts and minerals) through hydathodes in liquid form during night and regulated by root pressure
Last Answer : Ans. Guttation
Description : What structure does oxygen and carbon dioxide move in and out of a leaf through?
Description : What type of land animals are able to exchange exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide through their skin?
Last Answer : Amphibians
Description : Exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients and waste products from mother to fetus occurs through diffusion across the: a) chorionic villi (pron: core-e-on-ick villi) b) endometrium c) corpus luteum d) colostrum
Last Answer : ANSWER: A -- CHORIONIC VILLI
Description : Sodium ions are "pumped" from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration in the nerve cells of humans. This process is an example of (A) Diffusion (B) Passive transport (C) Osmosis (D) Active transport
Last Answer : (D) Active transport
Description : What does the stomata open? (I) When the guard cells are in flaccid condition (ll) When there is an accumulation of K ions in the guard cells (III) When water enters into the guard cells (IV) When the water potential of ... of adjacent cells (A) II, III and IV I and IV (B) I and III (C) (D) None
Last Answer : (A) II, III and IV
Description : Bacterial cells in biofilms can communicate with each other through a. osmosis b. quorum sensing c. diffusion d. enzymes
Last Answer : b. quorum sensing
Description : During what process of ________, water is lost through the stomata in plant leaves?
Last Answer : transpiration
Description : All of the following statements concerning the actinomycetous filamentous soil bacterium Frankia are correct except that Frankia (a) can induce root nodules on many plant species (b) can fix ... its host plant through root hair deformation and stimulates cell proliferation in the host's cortex
Last Answer : (b) can fix nitrogen in the free-living state
Description : Carbon dioxide entering the red blood corpuscles from the tissues is partially taken up by haemoglobin to form (a) carboxyhaemoglobin (b) carbonylhaemoglobin (c) carbaminohaemoglobin (d) carbomoylhaemoglobin
Last Answer : Ans:(a)
Description : The majority of carbon dioxide produced by our body cells is transported to the lungs as (a) attached to haemoglobin (b) dissolved in the blood (c) as bicarbonates (d) as carbonates.
Last Answer : (c) as bicarbonates
Description : Glycolate induces opening of stomata in (a) presence of oxygen (b) low CO2 concentration (c) high CO2 (d) CO2 absent.
Last Answer : (b) low CO2 concentration
Description : Leaves of many grasses are capable of folding and unfolding because (1) their mesophyll is not differentiated into palisade and spongy parenchyma (2) they have stomata on both sides of the leaf (3) they have high levels of silica (4) they have specialised bulliform cells
Last Answer : (4) they have specialised bulli-form cells Explanation: Bulliform cells are large, bubbleshaped epidermal cells that occur in groups on the upper surface of the leaves of many grasses. These cells, by their turgor changes, cause rolling and unrolling of the leaves thus regulating water loss.
Last Answer : they have specialised bulliform cells
Description : The process of diffusion of one liquid into the other through a semi permeable membrane is called (A) Viscosity (B) Osmosis (C) Surface tension (D) Cohesion
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : The law of multiple proportions is illustrated by the two compounds [NCERT 1972] (A) Sodium chloride and sodium bromide (B) Ordinary water and heavy water (C) Caustic soda and caustic potash (D) Sulphur dioxide and sulphur trioxide
Last Answer : (D) Sulphur dioxide and sulphur trioxide
Description : During Osmosis, movement of water takes place from
Last Answer : Ans. Lower to higher concentration of solution
Description : Water vapour comes out from the plant leaf through the stomatal opening. Through the same stomatal opening carbon dioxide diffuses into the plant during photosynthesis. Reason out the above ... Both processes can happen together because the diffusion coefficient of water and CO2 is different
Last Answer : (d) Both processes can happen together because the diffusion coefficient of water and CO2 is different
Description : Guttation is the result of (a) diffusion (b) transpiration (c) osmosis (d) root pressure.
Last Answer : (d) root pressure.
Description : Guttation is mainly due to (a) root pressure (b) osmosis (c) transpiration (d) imbibition.
Last Answer : (a) root pressure
Description : Which one of the following is the most likely root cause why menstruation is not taking place in regularly cycling human female? (a) Maintenance of the hypertrophical endometrial lining (b) ... the blood stream (c) Retention of well-developed corpus luteum (d) Fertilisation of the ovum
Last Answer : (b) Maintenance of high concentration of sex- hormones in the blood stream